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Hugo Javier Yabrudy Mercado

3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016MERC01

Hugo Javier Yabrudy Mercado has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.66, set at Santa Marta Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 150th in Colombia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2016, he has put 560 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.95 in January 2016 to 8.66, a 28% improvement. Hugo has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.66
signature single · Santa Marta Open 2019
560
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×38.6610.98
top 4.1%150 / 5,812
4×434.7041.75
top 6.4%75 / 1,270
2×22.264.11
top 6.7%221 / 3,615
Pyraminx4.015.85
top 7.7%174 / 2,395
3×3 one-handed18.7625.48
top 17.1%165 / 1,175
Skewb6.629.61
top 30.6%358 / 1,065
Megaminx1:34.731:57.98
top 31.2%223 / 533

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

RubiKaribe 2016: 11.95Torneo Nacional Colombia 2016: 9.79RubiKaribe 2017: 10.42Caribe Challenge 2018: 9.91Friki Festival Valledupar 2019: 8.96Cartagena Open 2019: 9.37Santa Marta Open 2019: 8.66La Fantástica Open 2022: 10.65Salamandra Open 2023: 10.72Calamari Cartagena 2023: 10.25Salamandra Cartagena 2024: 9.53Cartagena Open 2025: 10.298.6611.9516 Jan 201622 Mar 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.